Harriet Wilson b. 25 Jan 1814 Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 12 Nov 1877 Appling, Georgia, USA: acw

1814 - 1877 (63 years)

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Name	Harriet Wilson [1, 2]
Birth	25 Jan 1814	Effingham, Georgia, USA [1, 3]
Gender	Female
Name	Harriet Blitch [3]
Death	12 Nov 1877	Appling, Georgia, USA [1, 3]
	Harriet Blitch was born in Effingham county, Ga., January 25, 1814 and died at the residence of Mr. G. E. Morris, in Appling county, Ga., November 12, 1877. Mrs. Blitch was the daughter of Luke and Patience Wilson. She united with the Baptist Church in 18_ and was married to the Rev. Benjamin Blitch in 1882, and afterward became the mother of a large family. Four of her sons became ministers of the Gospel, Revs, J. E., D. L., J.L. and S.E. Blitch. Her life was one of toil and care and her death triumphant. A more generous ____ ever was in the bosom of ___. Those that were in distress were her peculiar care and never went away empty when she had ___ to supply. And, as a nurse, she was faithful, always doing that which she could to comfort and relieve the sick. Many friends and loved ones will miss her tender care. But the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. She was a faithful Baptist, full of the missionary spirit, waiting for the Gospel to be preacher in all the destitute portions of the earth. She was attacked with dropsy in July, and suffered severely, but waited patiently for the Lord to send deliverance, and looked forward to the time of her departure with joy. She was very careful to provide for her burial months before she died, and requested Rev. W. H. Bennett to preach her funeral, from the first chapter of Joshua, and 11th verse: "Pass through the camp and command the people saying, "Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you will cross over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess." And told him that she had been preparing to cross over Jordan 16 years. A few weeks before her death, she felt as if she was recovering, and desired to see her daughter that lived in the neighborhood of Mr. M., and to visit them, which she did, and was soon taken worse. On the morning before she died she requested her daughter not to leave her and said that she was going to leave this world that day. During the day she talked all that she was able and as the day was closing she asked to be raised up and exclaimed very earnestly, "Lord Jesus, come to come, come to me." Then, feeling assured that she and His ___ help, and that she could lean her head on his gentle bosom, she bade her friends and loved one farewell, and asked that the door should be opened. Then, with an air of triumph, and as if she had the Celestial City all in view, and with her soul lost in the rapture, she repeated: "Oh, glory, glory!" and was born away to her place of rest at thirty minutes past 7 o'clock P.M. on the 12th of November, 1877. With joy she passed over the river and at last received the crown of glory that ________________the followers of Jesus. She leaves a large number of relatives and friends behind to prepare to cross Jordan's cold stream. God grant that they may all be prepared for that trying hour, and in the morn of the ______ may we all be united in that sweet, sweet home. "Christian Index Obituaries" published by GA Baptist Historical Society, Mercer Univ, 1975, Compiled by Mary McKeown Overby
Burial	Thomas Cemetery, Appling, Georgia, USA [3]
Person ID	I48342	tng Genealogy

Father	Luke Wilson, b. 21 Jun 1785, Egypt, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 23 Apr 1861, Egypt, Effingham, Georgia, USA (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Living
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F18453	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Benjamin Blitch, b. 17 Nov 1811, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 22 Apr 1887, Wayne, Georgia, USA (Age 75 years)

Marriage 1831 Effingham, Georgia, USA [1, 2]

Children

+	1. James Elias Blitch, b. 21 Jul 1833, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 3 Feb 1876, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Daniel Isaiah Blitch, b. 24 Apr 1836 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Joseph Luke Blitch, b. 3 Mar 1838 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Benjamin Samuel Blitch, b. 17 Feb 1843 d. 29 May 1865 (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Esther Ann Blitch, b. 5 Nov 1834 d. 1921 (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Elizabeth Martha Blitch, b. 25 Jan 1840 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Mary Ruth Blitch, b. 20 Jul 1841 d. 12 Mar 1843 (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Minerva Lucinda Blitch, b. 7 Feb 1846 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	9. Solomon Elihu Blitch, b. 9 Aug 1847, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 15 Jan 1926, Atkinson, Georgia, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Keziah Abegail Blitch, b. 17 Feb 1849 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Leonidas Wyley Blitch, b. 30 Dec 1850 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Emma Azelia Blitch, b. 11 Apr 1852 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Obediah Thomas Blitch, b. 15 Sep 1844 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. William Wilberforce Blitch, b. 2 Jul 1854 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F18452 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Birth - 25 Jan 1814 - Effingham, Georgia, USA

Marriage - 1831 - Effingham, Georgia, USA

Death - 12 Nov 1877 - Appling, Georgia, USA

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Sources

[S229] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 1, (Name: 1951;), pages 19-20.
[S237] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 6, (Name: 1971;), Page 16.
[S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5357713/harriet-blitch.
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